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sGIssoRs CUTTING GAGE.

No. 339,785. Patented Apr. 13, 1886.

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BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Soissons CUTTING-GAGE.

PECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,785I dated April 13. 1886.

Application filed ,Tuly 28, 1885.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK B. JOHNSON, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Cutting-Gage for Textile Fabrics; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and easily-operated cutting-gage for cutting off uniform strips or widths of textile fabrics from webs of the same. It is more especially designed for the use of milliners, dressmakers, and others in cutting goods on the bias for trimmings.

Heretofore in cutting goods on the bias it has been necessary to measure and mark off each separate strip to be cut, which involved a great loss of time, and also rendered it very difficult to cut the strips in uniform widths or in accurately straight lines; but by means of my invention these difficulties are obviated and the strips can be cut from the webin uniform widths with precision and rapidity and at any desired angle.

My invention consists in an improved article of manufacture,consisting of a cutting-gage for cutting strips from webs of textile fabric, and constructed as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of my improved cutting-gage; Fig. 2,aview of its front edge; Fig. 3, a View of its rear edge, and Fig. 4 a view of the same in position for use; Figs. 5 and 6, detail views, hereinafter referred to and eX- plained.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the several gures.

A represents the main body of the cuttinggage, and consists of a bar of thin sheet metal, which is bent or folded, as at a, so as to form two parallel bars, b and c, which lie side by side.

At a convenient point on the lower bar, c,is formed a loop or recess, cl, to receive and hold apair of scissors, e. The end of the upper bar, b, terminates at a point opposite the center of this recess d, and said bar is graduated in inches and parts or other measurements for Serial No. 172,863. (No model.)

the purpose of determining the width of the strip to be cut.

f is a rectangular sleeve, which slides on the bars b and c, and the sides of which are partly cut away to receive a cross-bar, y, which is passed between the bars b and c and slide at right angles thereto, as is most clearly shown in Fig. 5, which represents an enlarged View of said sleeve with portions of the bars b and c and cross-bar g.

At the end of the cross-bar g nearest to the operator is secured a forked guide-piece, g', into which the outer edge of the fabric to be cutis inserted, and the inner surface, g2, of which is in line with the front end ofthe sleeve f, said line being parallel with the cross-barg. Fig. 6 shows an end view of said cross-bar g and its forked guide-piece g. The portion c of the bar c, vwhich extends beyond the recess d, forms a partial support for the piece of goods from which the strip is being out, and also serves to guide the edge of the same into position between the bars b and c when it is being inserted.

B in Fig. 4 represents a piece of fabric from which a strip has to be cut.

The operation is as follows: The scissors e are fixed with the lower blade in the recess d, and the edge of the sleeve j' is set at the figure ormark which indicates the width of the strip to be cut off. The edge h of the fabric is then passed between the opened blades ofthe scissors and inserted between the bars b and c and into the forked guide g', the cross-bar g being drawn into such position that when the edge fi of the fabric is brought up to the scissors a corner of the fabric will extend beyond the guide g', to be laid hold of by the finger and thumb of the left hand, as indicated in Fig. 4. The edge h being held in contact with the sleeve f and within the guide g', and the corner of the fabric held as above mentioned, the scissors are held in the right hand and the cut is made by operating said scissors in the usual manner. The gage is carried bodily forward with the scissors while the strip is being cut, and the edge i cannot leave the guide g nor the edge of the sleeve f, as it is held in contact therewith by reason of the scissors being engaged with the body of the fabric,

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and hence a strip is cut oli' which is of uniform Width throughout its entire length. If the cutis of such length that ,before the scissors leave the fabric the corner k is brought up 5 to the guide g', the cross-bar g is drawn forward, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, and the operation continued as before.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. As an article of manufacture, a cutting-gage ro constructed substantially as hereinbefore described,bein g composed of the graduated bar b, the bar c, lhaving recess or loop d, the movable sleeve f, and the cross-bar g, having guidepiece g', as and for'the purposes set forth.

in the manner set forth.

FRANK B. JoHNsoN.'y

Witnesses:

M. H.TOPPING, l JOHN S. THORNTON. 

